Who is Nirmal Purja? Netflix's '14 Peaks' mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks goes missing in PoK after Broad Peak avalanche

Nirmal Purja, the Nepal-born British mountaineer who became a global name after climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in under 189 days, is among ten climbers missing after an avalanche struck Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday.

The Alpine Club of Pakistan confirmed the avalanche hit the expedition around midday on Thursday on Broad Peak, an 8,047-metre peak in the Karakoram range. The team has been out of communication since.